Just when Li Shen was puzzled and ready to ask, Dang Renhong spoke first:

"Your Majesty, Prince Ji, the guilty people are ashamed of Your Majesty and the country of the Tang Dynasty. The guilty people are willing to suffer the punishment naked."

Li Shen was stunned, this Dang Renhong was really a character.

Being tortured naked is not just about being punished, it also involves voluntary humiliation.

Taking off your clothes and being beaten is actually an insult.

Li Shen thought for a while and nodded. The guard next to him let go of Dang Renhong.

Dang Renhong unbuttoned his shirt and took off all his shirts. He was shirtless and slowly walked to the torture rack. He put his hands on the rack and said without looking back:

"His Royal Highness, Prince Ji, come on. The sins of the people are unpardonable. Please Prince Ji, please be more harsh."

Li Shen was shocked. He was indeed a man who had been on the battlefield. Although he was in his sixties, he was still such a tough guy.

Even a pampered loser like Li Shen would have to go to Sun Simiao's hospital for three days if his hand was broken, and all the doctors in the hospital would have to take his pulse to make sure he was okay.

Otherwise, he would always think that what other doctors said was lying to him.

"Okay, I'm about to start. If you can't hold on, don't blame me." Li Shen's momentum also increased.

He took off his loose royal robes, rolled up his sleeves, and took the whip from the guard. His whip was made of buffalo leather.

"Crack~~"

As soon as the whip went down, Dang Renhong's back was instantly covered with blood.

But Dang Renhong didn't say a word.

Li Shen secretly thought that he is indeed a tough guy. I am so brave that even when I was whipped, I didn't say a word.

Then Li Shen began to beat harder.

"Clap~Clap~Clap~Clap~"

Li Shen said while fighting:

"Dang Renhong, do you know that because of you, I, Aye, don't even think about food and drink, and become sad and shed tears?"

"Because of you, I, Aye, broke the law, and this will be recorded in history."

"Because of you, I have come all the way to wipe your butt just to save your life. Do you know how much I have suffered?"

The more Li Shen thought about it, the angrier he became, so he whipped harder and harder. He received thirty lashes in one breath. Li Shen was so tired that he was panting, and Dang Renhong's back was covered in blood and flesh.

But Dang Renhong just stood up and didn't say a word.

Li Shen couldn't move anymore and his hands were cramped, so he stopped. Chunxiang quickly handed Li Shen a cup of tea to drink.

My prince exercised so much today, he had to eat extra to make up for it in the evening.

After drinking the water, Li Shen looked at Dang Renhong with admiration in his heart. He really knows heroes and appreciates them. It seems that Dang Renhong is as good a man as I am.

At this moment, Dang Renhong felt even more guilty for Li Shimin.

His Majesty treats me so lovingly, yet I let him down so much. I really deserve to die.

He finally understood Li Shimin's hard work and why he let King Ji take action himself.

This is because he is afraid that others will take action and beat him to death with neither light nor heavy hands. After all, he is so old.

It seems that His Majesty really wants to spare his life.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, please continue the torture."

Hearing this sentence in Li Shen's ears was tantamount to provocation. I am so tired now, and you can still speak. Are you a bit insulting to me?

So with anger burning in his heart, he raised it up in one breath, picked up the whip, and dealt it to Dang Renhong.

After twenty consecutive lashes, Li Shen sat down and began to breathe.

But he still waved to the guard,

"Huh~~~Give it to him, uh~~bandage it, uh~~this king's move uh~~ is a bit harsh, uh~~uh~~ don't take his life. uh~~uh~~"

Two maids quickly stepped forward to help Li Shen calm down and massage his arms.

Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui, who were close confidants, could not bear to look directly at such a situation.

Wang Xuance thought to himself: It seems that when he returns to Chang'an, he will advise the prince to practice martial arts.

After Dang Renhong finished covering him, Li Shen calmed down a little and saw that Dang Renhong was fine. This made Li Shen feel a little frustrated.

"Dang Renhong, don't think about what's going to happen next. In two days, you will go with me to my fifth brother's place in Rongzhou."

"Dare to ask His Highness Prince Ji how to deal with the others." Dang Renhong asked his cronies.

"Dang Renhong, just take care of yourself. Of course, other people will be dealt with according to the law. Your Majesty is extremely gracious to spare you from death."

Li Shen looked at Dang Renhong sideways and said.

Dang Renhong sighed in his heart after hearing this. Now he can't even protect himself, and it's impossible for His Majesty to let others go for Dang Renhong's sake.

"Take him down and take good care of him," Li Shen waved his hand.

Two guards took Dang Renhong down.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Your Majesty really wants to let Dang Renhong go. Otherwise..." Wang Xuance stepped forward and said.

"Otherwise, Xuance, what do you want to say?" Li Shen asked in a cold tone.

"I want to say that this Dang Renhong is really lucky. He was able to escape from death in your hands. It seems that the prince Renxiao did not kill his Dang Renhong because of your majesty.

Otherwise, Dang Renhong would already be a corpse at this moment. "Wang Xuance immediately changed his mind.

"Yeah, you're right. I spared his life just because of my Aye's face. Otherwise, hum."

Li Shen snorted twice, but this was caused by the pain in his arm.

"Then what should we do next, Your Majesty?" Wang Xuance asked.

"Put up a notice early tomorrow morning, saying that I will hold a public trial outside Nancheng to put all the criminals who have committed crimes and oppressed the people in the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion over the past few years to a public trial.

Then according to the law, those who should be beheaded, those who should be worked, and those who should be exiled were exiled to the fifth brother.

Rengui, tomorrow you go to see Captain Zhechong of the Guangzhou Protectorate. I heard that he seems to be a nephew of Cheng Yaojin.

You tell him that he must appease the people and wait for the arrival of the next governor, and must not let thieves take advantage of the situation.

You go and inform the local regiment of the Guangzhou Dudu Mansion to train troops, and tell them that I have ordered them to maintain order tomorrow. "

Li Shen started arranging things one by one. He racked his brains to come up with these.

Zhechong Mansion belongs to the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya and is managed by the central government. Although there is an imperial edict, don't reach out if you can't. This is Li Shen's bottom line.

The regiment training is a local force recruited locally, and this Li Shen can move.

Coupled with his own guards, it should be enough.

After Li Shen finished giving instructions, everyone started to go down to prepare. Wang Xuance needed to write a notice, and he estimated that Li Shen would ask him to deal with the affairs of the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Xue Rengui arranged for the guards to set up defenses tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the prisoners escorted from behind also returned.

When Li Shen got up in the morning, he found that he couldn't lift his arm. He didn't have the nerve to go to the doctor. He knew he would be fine in a few days, and it was just a whip.

"Your Majesty, it's time. Everything is ready. It's time for us to set off."

(Alas, I want to say something, but there is nothing to say.)

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